Photo Essay: Preparation operations for CSTX 86-18-02 at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Semi tractor-trailers loaded with military equipment are lined up Aug. 1, 2018, on a road on South Post waiting to be unloaded at Fort McCoy, Wis. The equipment was being shipped in for use in the 86th Training Division’s Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-18-02. Thousands of troops participate in the exercise and hundreds of pieces of equipment were delivered for those troops to use. This is the second CSTX hosted by the 86th in 2018 and the third CSTX at the installation this year. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

08.07.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                         

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers at Fort McCoy for training in the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-18-02 conducted preparation operations on post Aug. 1, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The 86th holds the exercise as part of the U.S. Army Reserve commanding general’s Combat Support Training Program (CSTP).

Thousands of service members with the Army as well as other military services and foreign militaries are part of the multinational exercise, including Canadian armed-forces members.

CSTX 86-18-02 is the second of two CSTXs managed by the 86th to take place at Fort McCoy in 2018.

According to the 84th Training Command, CSTP exercises are large-scale training exercises where units experience tactical training scenarios specifically designed to replicate real-world missions.

“CSTP exercises prepare … Army Reserve units to be combat-ready by immersing them in realistic scenarios where they train as they would fight,” states an 84th document about the exercises.

“These exercises are developed to improve … units’ training readiness and to assess how they perform in a dynamic operational environment.”

Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909. The installation’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” The post’s varied terrain, state-of-the-art ranges, new as well as renovated facilities, and extensive support infrastructure combine to provide military personnel with an environment in which to develop and sustain the skills necessary for mission success.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.

• Date Taken: 08.07.2018
• Date Posted: 08.07.2018 14:51
• Story ID: 287694
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US